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Pennytown Ponds

lake or loch · Derbyshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to ponds associated with a settlement called 'Pennytown'. 'Penny' could mean a coin or a personal name, and 'town' signifies a settlement or farmstead.

Word origins

Penny
Old Englishpenny; possibly a personal name Pæga(from penig "penny", Pæga "personal name")
town
Old Englishsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosed place, settlement, farmstead")
Ponds
Old Englishponds(from pond "pond")